Primary Care Trusts
- Ashton, Leigh and Wigan
- Blackburn with Darwen Teaching
- Blackpool
- Bolton
- Bury
- Central and Eastern Cheshire
- Central Lancashire
- Cumbria
- East Lancashire
- Halton and St Helens
- Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
- Knowsley
- Liverpool
- Manchester
- North Lancashire Teaching
- Oldham
- Salford
- Sefton
- Stockport
- Tameside and Glossop
- Trafford
- Warrington
- Western Cheshire
- Wirral
In October 2011, in preparation for planned government changes, the 24 Primary Care Trusts were organised under five sub-regional clusters: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire & Wirral, and Cumbria. The initial effect of this clustering was again to telescope the number of separate boards whilst retaining most staff initially in their current roles as new Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were set up and began to assume commissioning responsibilities.
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